Saturday: Tate's Not at Comic-Con

Saturday: Tate's Not at Comic-Con

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Don't boo-hoo over missing the almighty San Diego Comic-Con, that annual nerd-fest where celebrities go to plug next summer's superhero movies. With the return of Saturday's Not At Comic-Con at Tate's Comics, the store's parody of such mass-geek gatherings, comes the event that constitutes a major prank on the store's loyal shoppers: the infamous Line to Nowhere. Nerds will stand in a line that serpentines through Tate's Comics' many aisles, only to discover that it terminates¿ nowhere. No celebrities. No autographs. Just a swag bag. Owner Tate Ottati's annual gag apparently works, as last year's Not at Comic-Con drew roughly 1,000 die-hards to its location in Lauderhill (4566 N. University Drive). This year's noon-4p.m. event will feature the "cosplayrade" (a term that Ottati actually trademarked), a comic trivia challenge, free giveaways and 10 percent off in-store purchases for those who come costumed (donning the bare minimum, such as an awesome pillowcase "helmet," will be allowed). Free. 954-748-0181 or TatesComics.com. Broward.org.

Don't boo-hoo over missing the almighty San Diego Comic-Con, that annual nerd-fest where celebrities go to plug next summer's superhero movies. With the return of Saturday's Not At Comic-Con at Tate's Comics, the store's parody of such mass-geek gatherings, comes the event that constitutes a major prank on the store's loyal shoppers: the infamous Line to Nowhere. Nerds will stand in a line that serpentines through Tate's Comics' many aisles, only to discover that it terminates¿ nowhere. No celebrities. No autographs. Just a swag bag. Owner Tate Ottati's annual gag apparently works, as last year's Not at Comic-Con drew roughly 1,000 die-hards to its location in Lauderhill (4566 N. University Drive). This year's noon-4p.m. event will feature the "cosplayrade" (a term that Ottati actually trademarked), a comic trivia challenge, free giveaways and 10 percent off in-store purchases for those who come costumed (donning the bare minimum, such as an awesome pillowcase "helmet," will be allowed). Free. 954-748-0181 or TatesComics.com. Broward.org. (Dibbie Jane/Courtesy)

Don't boo-hoo over missing the almighty San Diego Comic-Con, that annual nerd-fest where celebrities go to plug next summer's superhero movies. With the return of Saturday's Not At Comic-Con at Tate's Comics, the store's parody of such mass-geek gatherings, comes the event that constitutes a major prank on the store's loyal shoppers: the infamous Line to Nowhere. Nerds will stand in a line that serpentines through Tate's Comics' many aisles, only to discover that it terminates¿ nowhere. No celebrities. No autographs. Just a swag bag. Owner Tate Ottati's annual gag apparently works, as last year's Not at Comic-Con drew roughly 1,000 die-hards to its location in Lauderhill (4566 N. University Drive). This year's noon-4p.m. event will feature the "cosplayrade" (a term that Ottati actually trademarked), a comic trivia challenge, free giveaways and 10 percent off in-store purchases for those who come costumed (donning the bare minimum, such as an awesome pillowcase "helmet," will be allowed). Free. 954-748-0181 or TatesComics.com. Broward.org.